From Rueters Life!:
Manilow was scheduled to appear on the ABC morning show Tuesday, the same day his new album, "The Greatest Songs of the Seventies" hits stores. But those plans fell through because of his issues with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, an abortion opponent and supporter of the Iraq war.
"I had made a request that I be interviewed by (co-hosts) Joy (Behar), Barbara (Walters) or Whoopi (Goldberg), but not Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Unfortunately, the show was not willing to accommodate this simple request so I bowed out," he said in a statement on his Web site (http://www.manilow.com).
"It's really too bad because I've always been a big supporter of the show, but I cannot compromise my beliefs."
In an earlier statement to the news Web site TMZ.com, which broke the news, Manilow said Hasselbeck was "dangerous" and "offensive."
But a source close to "The View" said "we canceled him," because producers refused to comply with Manilow's "completely disrespectful" demands.
Barry Manilow hasn't had a hit since before Generation X graduated from High School... Pleez. Dear Barry, you are an entertainer (in theory)- not a candidate for President.
We doubt there will be lost audience because of his refusal to be "compromise ". This will probably be the first time Dear Barry has cracked the entertainment news in 15 years without a payoff somewhere. Pathetic really... hmmm... maybe sad is the more operative word.
Poor aged 70's pop star... maybe Oprah will want him.Toodles.
